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Dean Wareham & Cheval Sombre share "If I Could Only Fly" from collab LP

2263 days ago
Brooklyn VeganDean and Cheval's cover of Blaze Foley's "If I Could Only Fly" is one of the "western dreampop" covers on their new collaborative album. Continue reading… more info

Bill's Indie Basement (9/7): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

2271 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThis week: another Fall reissue, Luna's Dean Wareham teams with Cheval Sombre for an album of "western dreampop," JEFF the Brotherhood entirely reinvent themselves on their new LP, plus new singles from Swiss duo Klaus Johann Grobe and L.A. punk... more info

Dean Wareham & Cheval Sombre – “Wayfaring Stranger” Video

2286 days ago
StereogumFormer Galaxie 500 and Luna musician Dean Wareham always has some kind of project in the works. Back in 2014 he released his self-titled full-length, and in 2015 he co-composed the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach's coming of age dramedy Mistress America.... more info

Athens Popfest 2018 lineup: Guided by Voices, Mummies, Ex Hex & more

2403 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThe 2018 edition of Athens Popfest takes place August 8-11 in Athens, GA and the lineup also includes Man or Astroman?, Dean Wareham, His Name Is Alive, Essex Green, Elf Power, and more. Continue reading… more info

Britta Phillips playing free NYC show with Dean Wareham before opening for Luna

3120 days ago
Brooklyn VeganAfter more than 30 years in music, Britta Phillips of Luna and Dean & Britta (both with her husband Dean Wareham) released her solo debut. Luck or Magic came out last month and to mark the occasion Britta will be playing a free show at... Continue re... more info

Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic review – elegant and woozily seductive

3130 days ago
Guardian Music(Double Feature)The formula that the bassist Britta Phillips and her guitarist husband (and former Luna bandmate) Dean Wareham hit upon for their three albums together as Dean & Britta – sumptuous pop arrangements and an even mix of astutely c... more info

Stream Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic

3135 days ago
StereogumBritta Phillips started off her career as the singing voice of Jem, the ’80s cartoon-fantasy pop star. Then she played bass in Luna. That’s a pretty wide swing! More recently, she’s been half of Dean & Britta with her husband, the former Galaxi... more info

Luna released 1991 demos to help raise money for Terry Tolkin, the man who signed them (and is very ill)

3437 days ago
Brooklyn VeganWhen Galaxie 500 broke up in 1991, Dean Wareham signed to Elektra where his friend Terry Tolkin was doing A&R. He made a five-song demo with Mercury Rev's Jimmy Chamberlain and The Clean's Hamish Kilgour playing drums... all songs... more info

Luna Offer Up Earliest Demos To Benefit A&R Man Who Signed Them

3437 days ago
StereogumEx-Galaxie 500 leader Dean Wareham’s dream-pop band Luna released their debut album, Lunapark, in 1992 on Elektra Records, and continued working with the label on their next four records. Terry Tolkin, the vice president of A&R at Elektra who origi... more info

Shorties (The Importance of Physical Bookstores, The Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time, and more)

3447 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyOn the importance of physical bookstores. Rolling Stone listed the greatest prog rock albums of all time. Authors discussed fatherhood at Biographile. Dean Wareham shared a Luna reunion tour diary at Salon. Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai interviewed To... more info

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